The law of cosines is a generalization of the Pythagorean theorem to general triangles (which need not be necessarily right triangles):

a² = b² + c² - 2bccos α
b² = a² + c² - 2accos β
c² = a² + b² - 2abcos γ

The ratios of the lengths of the sides is corresponding to the ratio of the opposite angles:

a : b : c = sin α : sin β : sin γ
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with R being the radius of the circumcircle.